The best Federico Fellini films
The top 3 according to 23 votes from people: La Dolce Vita · I Vitelloni · 8½. (Updated Jul 10, 2025.)
The Rimini-born director's films that top the rankings of Movieplayer.it, LongTake and Il Sorpasso, published for his centenary.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 12
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1
La Dolce Vita
1960. Mastroianni in Rome's high society; Palme d'Or and an Oscar for costumes.
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2
I Vitelloni
1953. Five idle young men in a provincial town; Silver Lion in Venice.
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8½
1963. Marcello Mastroianni as a director in crisis; Fellini's most cited, loved and imitated film.
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4
Nights of Cabiria
1957. Giulietta Masina as a naive prostitute; Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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5
Fellini Satyricon
1969. A dreamlike ancient Rome from Petronius' novel.
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Roma
1972. A portrait of the capital between memory and the present.
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7
Fellini's Casanova
1976. Donald Sutherland as Casanova; Oscar for costumes.
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And the Ship Sails On
1983. An ocean liner in 1914 scattering an opera singer's ashes.
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La Strada
1954. Gelsomina and Zampanò; his first masterpiece, Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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10
Amarcord
1973. Memories of Rimini; the title entered the Italian language.
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City of Women
1980. Mastroianni in a world of women.
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12
Juliet of the Spirits
1965. His first colour feature, with Giulietta Masina.
Candidates
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13
The White Sheik
First film directed by Fellini alone (1952), with Alberto Sordi in the role of the hero of the photo novels.
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14
Orchestra rehearsal
1979 film about an orchestra that rebels against the conductor, a metaphor for the Italy of the time.
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Comments (10)
Le notti di Cabiria con Giulietta Masina, quel finale...
Il Casanova in lista? È il suo film più freddo.
8½ prima de La strada? Per me La strada è il film più bello di Fellini.
8½ è il cinema che parla di se stesso, non c'è paragone.
Paragone c'è eccome, La strada ti spezza il cuore, 8½ ti fa solo ammirare.
La città delle donne è il Fellini più invecchiato male, onestamente.
Amarcord dovrebbe stare nei primi tre.
8½ e La dolce vita, i due capolavori di Fellini. Difficile scegliere.
Amarcord è il mio preferito, Rimini e la nostalgia.
Mancano Lo sceicco bianco e Prova d'orchestra.